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Postgraduate Course Fees

Postgraduate Course Fees

Important Note: Tuition fees are subject to change year-on year. The fee quoted for your programme is the current year fee. NUI Galway is not bound by any error or omission from the following information. Find out how much the programme of your choice will cost. You can also find funding opportunities to help you with your tuition, should you qualify.

For more information on EU and Non-EU fees for postgraduate taught and research courses at NUI Galway, please contact the Fees Office directly by emailing Fees and quote your student / PAC number.

EU students

An EU student is defined as an EU national (i.e. holding an E.U. passport/or birth certificate) who has been ordinarily resident* in an EU member state for at least three of the five years immediately preceding their entry to the third level course.

* 'ordinarily resident' excludes residency for educational purposes.

Tax rebate

The Revenue Commissioners offer tax relief on fees paid for some Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses. Please see here for details on tax relief available. You may be required to provide the Revenue Commissioners with a receipt for fees paid. To process this please email Fees and indicate the student ID number, academic year that the receipt is required for and the postal address of the student. It will be processed within 3-4 working days.

Deposit

To secure a taught postgraduate place at NUI Galway a deposit is payable at offer-acceptance stage. The deposit is usually €500 but can be €1,000 in some cases. The deposit payment is deducted from your course fees at registration stage, so in effect is a part-payment of your course fees.

If you don’t take up the place you accepted, then this deposit is not refundable except in the event you did not attain the stipulated conditions of your offer (when a conditional offer was made). The exception to this is the Professional Diploma in Education / An Dioplóma Gairmiúil san Oideachas where the deposits are non refundable.